wanderingmagus@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGreenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAEwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkGreenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAEwww.theguardian.comwanderingmagus@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWhile ridiculous, there’s interesting context here. Greenland has little to no economy The ice is mined from ice that has already broken away from the glacier, thus not reducing any more than nature has already Cargo ships bringing frozen food used to leave empty, now that same fuel is used to transport ice back instead of going to waste The founder has always dreamed of a sustainable economy for Greenland He is conflicted about how his work to do this in a sustainable way is being taken Lots of gray here.
While ridiculous, there’s interesting context here.
Lots of gray here.